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• Event: ‘Film Festival Film’, SOAS, London (16 October)

  By Africa in Words on 9 October , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘FILM FESTIVAL FILM’ UK premiere & Q&A with directors Mpumelelo Mcata and Perivi Katjavivi and producer Anna Teeman. We are delighted to share that SOAS Centre for Creative Industries, Media and Screen Studies and the ERC-funded project “African Screen Worlds: Decolonising Film… Read More ›

• Words on Teaching: ‘Creative Thinking, Bold Idea-ing, Do-it-yourselfing’: Literature and Education in Binyavanga Wainaina’s Works

  By Africa in Words Guest on 7 October , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW Guest: Ruth S. Wenske. AiW note: Welcome to the first in our new “Words on…” series. In “Words on Teaching,” we’re thinking around print culture – books, images, texts, mags, spaces – and broad senses of what “teaching” might… Read More ›

• Call for Applications: Lecturer in Art History of Africa, SOAS (Deadline: 13 October)

  By Africa in Words on 5 October , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  The School of Arts at The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London seeks to appoint a Lecturer (or Senior Lecturer) in the Art History of Africa in the Department of the History of Art & Archaeology…. Read More ›

• Call for Applications: Rari Poetry Workshop (Deadline: 30 October)

  By Africa in Words on 2 October , 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  Rari, a new Pan-African community for emerging African poets, is offering an exciting opportunity this year. The organisers are currently accepting applications for their first poetry workshop. This free workshop is an intensive, craft-enhancing experience aimed at stimulating the creativity… Read More ›

• Exhibition: Mary Sibande, 1-54 Somerset House (Opens: 03 October)

  By Africa in Words on 28 September , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  1-54 London returns! 7th edition at Somerset House  03 – 06 October 2019. Founded by Touria El Glaoui in 2013, 1-54 is the first leading international art fair dedicated to contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora with annual editions… Read More ›

• Event: Zadie Smith in conversation (London, 02 October)

  By Africa in Words on 25 September , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Zadie Smith, bestselling and award-winning author, will be discussing her brand new – and first – collection of short stories Grand Union with Diana Evans at The Royal Institution in London on 2nd October. ‘Moving exhilaratingly across genres and perspectives, from… Read More ›

• Westdene Graffiti Project

  By Africa in Words Guest on 23 September , 2019 • ( 0 )

  AiW Guest: Ofentse Mashego In July 2015, the Johannesburg suburb of Westdene launched its own community mural project. The first of its kind in South Africa, and possibly globally, the Westdene Graffiti Project uses the art of graffiti to personalise… Read More ›

• Event: CinemAfrica (02-06 October, Sweden)

  By Africa in Words on 21 September , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  CinemAfrica is a festival in Scandinavia that showcases African film. It was started in 1998 and today it has become the largest festival in Scandinavia for films from the African continent and diaspora. This year, CinemAfrica will take place between… Read More ›

• Call for Papers: Lagos Studies Association Conference, 2020 (Deadline: 30 November)

  By Africa in Words on 18 September , 2019 • ( 1 )

  The 5th Annual Lagos Studies Association Conference Theme: Postcolonial African Cities at 60: Continuities and Discontinuities June 25-27, 2020 Lagos, Nigeria The postcolonial African city defies easy definition, even as African countries enter their 6th decade of independence in 2020. The 5th edition… Read More ›

• In the Dark: Review of Jumoke Verissimo’s ‘A Small Silence’

  By Africa in Words Guest on 16 September , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW Guest: Temitayo Olofinlua Prof, a pro-democracy activist, has just returned from prison after years of incarceration. And now he chooses to sit in darkness. Whenever he goes out, he is shrouded from head to toe in a dark cloak…. Read More ›

• Event: ‘Here Is Elsewhere’, Thabiso Sekgala (Hayward Gallery, London)

  By Africa in Words on 14 September , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

    Exhibition: Here Is Elsewhere Thabiso Sekgala Hayward Galley, London 28 August – 6 October 2019 Here Is Elsewhere is an exhibition of the work of late South African photographer Thabiso Sekgala. Sekgala’s first solo exhibition in the UK brings together… Read More ›

• Call for submissions: K & L Prize for African Literature 2020

  By Africa in Words on 11 September , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  The team at K & L Prize for African Literature 2020 are calling for short story entries from young African writers on the theme ‘Africanfuturism’. Africanfuturism, a term coined by Nigerian-American author Nnedi Okorafor, is a genre that often depicts… Read More ›

• Q&A: ‘The goal is to be free, not white’: an interview with Seun Kuti

  By Africa in Words Guest on 9 September , 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  AiW Guest Tọ́pẹ́ Salaudeen-Adégòkè Oluseun Anikulapo Kuti (born 11 January 1983), commonly known as Seun Kuti, is a Nigerian musician and the youngest son of legendary late afrobeat pioneer, Fela Kuti. Seun and his brother, Femi, are the two commercially… Read More ›

• Event: Translating Possibilities (SOAS, 12 September)

  By Africa in Words on 7 September , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Translating Possibilities SOAS, London 12 September 2019 A public night of readings, performances, films and dance celebrating translated poetry moving beyond the page. About this Event Translating Possibilities will bring together a mix of different languages, translation practices and poetic… Read More ›

• Call for Applications: AEGIS Summer School (Deadline: 30 September)

  By Africa in Words on 4 September , 2019 • ( 1 )

  African Futures: Promises, Projections and Reflections on a Continent in Transition AEGIS Summer School 9-13 June 2020 Cagliari, Italy The 2020 Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies (AEGIS) Summer School will address the theme of African Futures: Promises, Projections and Reflections… Read More ›

• A Tragic Story of War: Discussing Aminatta Forna’s The Memory of Love at the BBC Bookclub

  By Africa in Words Guest on 2 September , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW Guest Zahra Banday Zahra Banday attended a recent recording of BBC Radio 4’s Bookclub discussing Aminatta Forna’s novel The Memory of Love (2011). The BBC Bookclub programme aired on 1st September 2019; you can listen again here, or catch… Read More ›

• Call for Papers: ‘Decolonial discourse in/and South African literary systems’, Journal of Decolonising Disciplines (Deadline: 6th September)

  By Africa in Words on 31 August , 2019 • ( 0 )

  We are delighted to share this call for papers from The Journal of Decolonising Discipline on the theme Literary (Un/Re)Settling: Decolonial discourse in/and South African literary systems. The Journal of Decolonising Disciplines (JDD) invites contributions to a special issue on the… Read More ›

• Call for Papers: BARAZA – Swahili Studies Conference (Deadline: 15 September)

  By Africa in Words on 28 August , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  BARAZA Swahili Conference at SOAS, London 12 October 2019 Abstracts are invited for short presentations at the fifth annual one-day conference addressing any aspect of the language, literature, translation, culture, philosophy or diaspora of the Swahili speaking peoples of the world. The… Read More ›

• Call for Submissions: The Best of Africa (Open Call)

  By Africa in Words on 24 August , 2019 • ( 2 )

  The Best of Africa is an online portal for African ideas and voices. Through creative submissions from their global network, they provide readers useful, intelligent and thoroughly researched commentary and analysis on Africa in order to showcase that the beauty… Read More ›

• Call for applications: Bakwa’s literary translation workshop (21-26 October)

  By Africa in Words on 21 August , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Bakwa Magazine, in collaboration with the University of Bristol, is pleased to announce that applications are open for an exciting literary translation workshop aimed at building networks and sustainability for literary translators in Cameroon. The workshop, scheduled for 21-26 October… Read More ›

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